{"id":48481,"date":"2021-03-27T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/vi-doctor-paul-and-leentje-van-kerckhoven-gybels\/"},"modified":"2021-03-27T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T12:51:08","slug":"vi-doctor-paul-and-leentje-van-kerckhoven-gybels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/vi-doctor-paul-and-leentje-van-kerckhoven-gybels\/","title":{"rendered":"VI  doctor Paul and Leentje Van Kerckhoven Gybels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;&lt; V <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/v-parents-and-early-years\/\">Arthur and Tinnek<\/a>e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0401-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590252196634-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is dscf0401-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590252196634-698x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul<\/strong>, <strong>Godfried\u2019s eldest brother<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0403-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-1-e1590252243439-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is dscf0403-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-1-e1590252243439-671x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul Van Kerckhoven<\/strong> (1922-2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34.png 853w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-508x372.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Arthur, Paul, Jos, Tineke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/van-kerckhoven-famille-img_E1206-hdmi-2k5-816x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is van-kerckhoven-famille-img_E1206-hdmi-2k5-816x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">L to R:<strong> Arthur, Clara, Paul, Margaretha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_1916-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is img_1916-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-1024x804.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul and Frie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-973x666.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565-508x348.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0397-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251930565.jpg 1804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Arthur subscribes to De Standaard and, for language training, the French newspaper Le Monde.  Paul reads De Standaard, La Libre Belgique and, from \u201968, the Flemish business paper De Tijd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-973x648.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48-508x339.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-48.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul<\/strong> <strong>sheds light on the Flemish doctors\u2019 family of the Grote Markt <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-973x649.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-508x339.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40.png 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In 1949 Arthur and Clementina give Paul permission to marry Leentje, the daughter of Doctor Marcel Gybels, who lives on the Grote Markt in Aarschot (today the ING bank branch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wave-video wp-block-embed-wave-video\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.wave.video\/7NFmaxdrH8oMbbBi#?secret=odt6DGxYaK\" data-secret=\"odt6DGxYaK\" height=\"930\" width=\"930\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mr-gybels-chercheur-moir-et-blc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mr-gybels-chercheur-moir-et-blc.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mr-gybels-chercheur-moir-et-blc-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mr-gybels-chercheur-moir-et-blc-508x677.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Doctor Marcel Gybels<\/strong> (1892-1976) Paul\u2019s father-in-law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/madame-gybels.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/madame-gybels.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/madame-gybels-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/madame-gybels-508x677.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Magdalena Sallets <\/strong>(1900-1968) Paul\u2019s mother-in-law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-973x601.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134-508x314.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-134.png 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Magdalena is the daughter of a brewer from Betekom.  On the postcard you see on the left the brewery and malthouse \u2018De Schrans\u2019 and on the right the parental home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Who exactly is Doctor Marcel Gybels?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/godfried-v-k-gybels.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/godfried-v-k-gybels.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/godfried-v-k-gybels-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/godfried-v-k-gybels-508x677.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Doctor Marcel and Magdalena Gybels<\/strong> <strong>Sallets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-615x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-615x1024.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-768x1278.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-923x1536.jpg 923w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-1230x2048.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-973x1620.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-508x846.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img004-3-scaled.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Doctor Marcel Gybels is a member of the Front Movement. During the First World War he is at the front on the Yser. Because of the enormous demand for care, soldier patients no longer receive all possible treatments. In the trenches the medical student has to choose whom he treats and whom he does not. Doctor Gybels is commanded by French speakers. This is where the Flemish Movement arises, a kind of uprising against that cultural oppression. When front-line soldier Marcel Gybels returns from the war he is at the origin of the Flemish Movement and the Volksunie. The Flemish hardliner sets fire to a French-language kiosk in Leuven and is suspended from the university for three days for it. Doctor Gybels is also an important activist for the linguistic split of the Catholic University of Leuven. In Aarschot on the Grote Markt he hangs the Flemish Lion out in front of his facade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-1024x740.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34039\" style=\"width:738px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-1024x740.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-973x703.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1-508x367.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-1.png 1495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>The student club&nbsp;Ons Hageland \u2013 Bessemclub (Bezem)&nbsp;in Leuven. Marcel Gybels in the front row, in front of the man with the cigarette.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5878.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy and Mieke Van Kerckhoven Fannes talk about Doctor Marcel Gybels <\/strong>(recording: 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201c&#8230; It was an association of students from the Hageland who studied in Leuven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Ons Hageland was founded in 1874-75. It was mainly a club of friends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">As regards ideology: in the early years the Catholic cause was the main issue, later the emphasis came to lie on the Flemish cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The photos date from the 1920s and were presumably taken in the town park of Leuven on the occasion of the Dies Natalis (the annual club anniversary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In the front row there usually sit former members and\/or prominent guests. The preses of the active club usually sits in the middle of the front row. &#8230;\u201d &#8211; Kristof Debecker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cWhat people say about you is not important &#8211; when they no longer talk about you:  that is what is truly worrying! <\/strong>&#8211; Doctor Marcel Gybels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-25 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Marcel Gybels and Magdalena Sallets have four children together: Godelieve, Jan, Neleke and Leentje; Godfried\u2019s sister-in-law<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-1462x2048.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-973x1363.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-508x712.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-2-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Jos and Lieve Torfs Gybels<\/strong>, the brother-in-law and the sister of Leentje<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-1536x1145.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-2048x1527.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-973x725.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-157-508x379.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul Van Kerckhoven and Neleke Gybels (1933-2025), <\/strong> Leentje\u2019s younger sister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-1024x966.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-1024x966.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-768x724.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-1536x1449.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-973x918.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158-508x479.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-158.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje Van Kerckhoven Gybels and her sister-in-law, the lawyer H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Delperdange, married to Doctor Jan Gybels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">  \u201c&#8230; The world-famous professor Jan Gybels (1928-2011) was a neurosurgeon and professor of neurology at KU Leuven. &#8230;\u201d &#8211; De Standaard, 31 May 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;On May 29, 2011, Jan Gybels, co-founder of the International Association for the Study of Pain, ex-president of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, and world authority in pain research and pain treatment, suddenly passed away at the age of 82. &#8230; With his death, we lose one of the most &#8221;human&#8221; of professors, one of the most scientific of neurosurgeons. <strong>Jan Gybels was born in 1928, in a small city in Flanders, not far from the university city of Leuven. His father was a highly respected physician, and it is likely that Jan inherited his interest in medicine and science from his father, of whom Jan always spoke in the most respectful terms. <\/strong>In the course of basic medical training at the University of Leuven, he also made his first steps towards neurophysiological research. &#8230; &#8221; &#8211; Ron Kupers, Academia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">(around 1942)  The physician needed the identity card of his daughter Leentje.  While looking in Leentje\u2019s wallet he comes across a photo of Jos Van Kerckhoven, which he immediately tears up. That this scratches Leentje\u2019s soul is beyond doubt: \u201cLook father, you can tear up this photo now but my heart, the love for Jos, you will never be able to tear up\u201d she reacts, terribly nervous about everything that is to come. Doctor Gybels has no intention whatsoever of marrying his daughter off to Jos. The lovers can conclude this after a talk with their fathers. His brother, the future physician Paul, does come into consideration. Paul and Jos become neighbours across the street but will not cross each other\u2019s threshold at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-973x1297.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17-508x677.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-17.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Eric B., the son of the pastry cook Del\u00e9cta on the Grote Markt in Aarschot<\/strong> (photo: 1962) <strong>Listen to<\/strong> <strong>Eric B. talking about doctor and Mrs Gybels. <\/strong>(recording: 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7446.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dscf0395-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251397674-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is dscf0395-2k8-fam-van-kerkhoven-scaled-e1590251397674-1024x667.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">L to R: <strong>Arthur, Frie, Leentje, Clementina, Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-34 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-1493x2048.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-973x1335.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-508x697.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img026-1-scaled.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje and Paul <\/strong> (photo: 1964)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83-630x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83-630x1024.png 630w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83-768x1248.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83-508x826.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-83.png 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Frie, Paul, Leentje, Mia, Vera<\/strong>  (photo: 1964)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cIn the past, people went into politics for whom it was an honour to serve the community. They did not ask for money for it. Nowadays politicians work only in their own interest and for their own pocket.\u201d &#8211; Dr. Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82-666x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82-666x1024.png 666w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82-768x1182.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82-508x782.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-82.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje <\/strong> (photo: 1964)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-39 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Le luxe est une affaire d&#8217;argent.  L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance est une question d&#8217;\u00e9ducation.&#8221; &#8211; Sacha Guitry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul and Leentje go to live in the Belle \u00c9poque style manor \u201cLes anges gardiens\u201d in Watermael-Boitsfort<\/strong> <strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-20.png 405w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-20-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">( around 1949 ) Paul starts his career as a physician in Watermael-Boitsfort, where he builds up a happy and sociable life with Leentje. Paul has even obtained a certificate that allows him to take X-rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-615x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-615x1024.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-768x1279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-922x1536.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-1229x2048.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-973x1621.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-508x846.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img022-1-scaled.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Doctor Paul Van Kerckhoven in Watermael-Boitsfort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Father Arthur drops a bombshell on Paul and Leentje\u2019s happy life. He obliges them to return to Aarschot. In this way the financial interests of the Van Kerckhoven family stay based in Aarschot. There is support (and opposition) from the team of sugar aunts. They buy for the couple the town house in Aarschot, where Doctor Liekens has his flourishing practice. Liekens is evicted by Paul\u2019s sugar aunts. Paul submits to his father\u2019s wish. He turns round, back towards Aarschot. It is a return with which the couple will have a hard time for the rest of their lives. Their children bring the rent in cash personally to the aunts every month. Naturally this causes internal tensions. Paul and Leentje have to get through it together and they can take a knock. Leentje believes in her children: \u201cI want to get ahead and we are getting ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-777x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-777x1024.png 777w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-768x1012.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-1166x1536.png 1166w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-1554x2048.png 1554w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-973x1282.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159-508x669.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-159.png 1690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-_AzO2A2VEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Paul is a horse lover and a valued pianist.   The virtuoso plays the organ of the Church of Our Lady in Aarschot. \u201cIn my childhood I always listened spellbound to his improvisations and interpretations of Brahms, Beethoven and Chopin.\u201d &#8211; Pieter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182-920x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182-920x1024.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182-269x300.jpeg 269w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182-768x855.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182-508x566.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1182.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul and Leentje as guests of Mia and Godfried <\/strong> (photo: 1973)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-1407x2048.jpg 1407w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-973x1416.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-508x739.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-3-scaled.jpg 1759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2063-2k-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2063-2k-795x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-48 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje (1925-2014) <\/strong> (photo: 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-1024x718.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-1536x1077.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-2048x1436.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-973x682.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-508x356.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Les plus riches du cimeti\u00e8re<\/strong> &#8211; Alpha Wann &#8211; Pi\u00e8ge &#8211; acrylic, dry pastels, spray paint on board &#8211; 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">According to Leentje, the origin of our surname is fitting, and we are named after a trait of a lineage that hauls its patrimony along to the cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-1123x1536.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-1497x2048.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-973x1331.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-508x695.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-2-scaled.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Paul and Leentje set the bar high for their family, as is usual among the notables of Aarschot: there must be discipline and there must be study. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-735x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-735x1024.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-768x1070.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-1102x1536.jpeg 1102w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-973x1356.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9-508x708.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6542-1k9.jpeg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Gert, Leentje and Joke<\/strong>  (photo: 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-53 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Four children are born from the marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-919x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-919x1024.png 919w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-768x856.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-973x1084.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8-508x566.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-8.png 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc, Geertrui, Guy, Karl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-55 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc <\/strong> (*1949)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-973x1491.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-508x778.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-2-scaled.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Godfried with his little nephew Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49-508x762.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-49.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc and sugar aunt Josse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-2048x1341.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-973x637.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img011-2-508x333.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>father and little son<\/strong> <strong>Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-1008x1536.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-1344x2048.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-973x1482.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-508x774.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img017-2-scaled.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-2048x1436.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-973x682.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img009-3-508x356.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-623x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-768x1263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-934x1536.jpg 934w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-1245x2048.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-973x1600.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-508x836.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img018-3-scaled.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2067-2k-e1598534002791-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2067-2k-e1598534002791-257x300.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Lawyer Luc Van Kerckhoven together with his wife and fellow lawyer Marietje Rutten  <\/strong>(photo: 1976<strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-63 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy<\/strong> (*1951)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-2048x1298.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-973x617.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img016-2-508x322.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc and Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-2048x1330.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-973x632.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-1-508x330.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-65 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc and Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-2048x1370.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-973x651.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img007-1-508x340.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Luc and Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-2048x1334.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-973x634.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-2-508x331.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy,  Luc and Eric Torfs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-973x644.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-1-508x336.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy and Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-1536x1061.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-2048x1415.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-973x672.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-1-508x351.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-973x1468.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-508x766.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img005-3-scaled.jpg 1697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2053-2k-e1598363938715-664x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2053-2k-e1598363938715-664x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-71 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Prof. Dr. Guy Van Kerckhoven<\/strong>  (photo: 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2054-2k-e1598433565541-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2054-2k-e1598433565541-226x300.jpg\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-72 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mieke Fannes, the wife of Prof. Dr. Guy Van Kerckhoven  <\/strong>(photo: 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-20-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30822\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-20-edited.png 775w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-20-edited-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-20-edited-768x991.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-20-edited-508x655.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mieke Fannes <\/strong>&#8211; untitled &#8211; oil on canvas &#8211; 90&#215;70 cm &#8211; www.miekefannes.be &#8220;Der gerade Linie f\u00fchrt zum Untergang der Menschheit.&#8221; &#8211; Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-1102x1536.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-1470x2048.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-973x1356.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-508x708.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img012-3-scaled.jpg 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Vincent Lockner, Guy, Paul, Mieke Fannes, Leentje <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-2048x1432.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-973x680.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img020-2-508x355.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Klaartje, granddaughter of Paul and Leentje<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-1024x286.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-1024x286.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-1536x429.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-2048x572.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-973x272.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-173-508x142.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-1024x984.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-1024x984.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-768x738.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-1536x1476.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-2048x1967.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-973x935.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-172-508x488.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-76 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui <\/strong>(*1953)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-1024x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-1536x1335.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-973x846.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388-508x441.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img013-2-scaled-e1761732509388.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-77 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui and Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-1536x991.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-2048x1322.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-973x628.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img006-3-508x328.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-78 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui, grandma Tineke, Leentje<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-2048x1398.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-973x664.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img023-1-508x347.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui, Karl, Guy and Leentje<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven-973x730.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/geertrui-lommee-van-kerckhoven-508x381.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-80 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui <\/strong>builds up a philanthropic reputation. The many \u201cgood works\u201d that Geertrui takes on worry her father: \u201cMind that you don\u2019t end up in the ditch with all your antics.\u201d &#8211; Dr. Paul \u201cHe was a physician such as one dreams of, his dedication was incredible\u201d, says his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-81 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pieter-und-m.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pieter-und-m.jpeg 484w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pieter-und-m-206x300.jpeg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-82 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>cousins<\/strong>  (photo: 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Geertrui and Pieter share a few points of contact such as their pacifism, love of art, music and charity work.  They dream of one day returning to their native region, the Hageland that belongs to them. \u201cWhether I will live to see that, God only knows. But I hope so with all my heart.\u201d She sighs, smiles and looks away.  \u201cWe are the gentler flank in our family.\u201d &#8211; Geertrui<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rameau : &quot;Tendre Amour&quot; - Les Indes galantes (William Christie)\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvRMfR2c1hY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Tendre Amour&#8221; Rameau &#8211; Les Indes galantes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2056-1-2k-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2056-1-2k-229x300.jpg\" style=\"width:533px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-85 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Paul Lomm\u00e9e &#8211; notary &#8211; husband of Geertrui  <\/strong>(photo: 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 854 \/ 480;\" width=\"854\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mariage-1976-kerkhoven-image-film.jpeg\" preload=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mariage-1976-kerkhoven-m480p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Fragments from the film on the occasion of Geertrui\u2019s wedding to Paul Lomm\u00e9e <\/strong>(1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-452x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-452x1024.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-132x300.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-768x1741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-678x1536.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-904x2048.jpg 904w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-973x2205.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-508x1151.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img033-2-scaled.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>grandchildren of Paul and Leentje<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-88 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Karl  <\/strong>(*1956)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-1075x1536.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-1434x2048.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-973x1390.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-508x726.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img014-2-scaled.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Karl <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1038.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is 1038.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-90 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">L to R: <strong>Karl; the youngest son of Paul and Leentje with Geertrui, Gert, Ilse and Pieter <\/strong>Note the painting by Jos Tysmans, which is described further on in this section. (photo: 1973)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-654x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-768x1203.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-981x1536.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-1308x2048.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-973x1524.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-508x796.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img002-3-scaled.jpg 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-91 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Doctor Paul Van Kerckhoven<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-2048x1376.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-973x654.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img008-2-508x341.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-523x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-523x1024.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-768x1504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-785x1536.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321-508x995.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img003-1-scaled-e1761747769321.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-1024x818.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-1024x818.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-768x613.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-1536x1227.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-973x777.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638-508x406.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6583-1k9-e1622205528638.jpeg 1550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Godfried and Paul<\/strong> (photo: 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cDo not simply give away the advantages you receive at birth. Others who did not receive these advantages will only too gladly take them over.\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Paul Van Kerckhoven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-1024x336.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-1024x336.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-973x320.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97-508x167.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-97.png 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Paul\u2019s classic masculine scent.  A mix of woody and spicy notes: coriander, bergamot, Brazilian rosewood and lemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Perfume is the most intense form of memory.&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; Jean-Paul Guerlain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1674\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10.png 1674w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-1536x781.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-973x495.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-508x258.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1674px) 100vw, 1674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Geertrui, Luc, Leentje, Paul, Karl and Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-97 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;<strong>WELLE&#8221;  <\/strong>(that is what Paul calls his family)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-1009x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-1009x1024.png 1009w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-768x779.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-88x88.png 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-973x987.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14-508x516.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-14.png 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">(around 1960)  Their substantial house has sixteen bedrooms and two live-in maids belonging to the grey generation. Leentje, perfectionist that she is, recruits a third one: a young lady from Leuven. But soon the alert eldest maid Martha from Betekom recognises that the young thing shows symptoms of pregnancy and reports it to Madame.  With much drama the maid confesses, does not want her parents to find out and refuses to name the father-to-be. Paul and Leentje decide nevertheless to inform her parents. The furious father claims that before entering service in Aarschot his daughter worked as a maid for a Leuven professor where Prince Alexander stayed overnight.  He wants nothing more to do with her and threatens to kill her. The expectant girl keeps her lips tight. Leentje suggests keeping the young girl in service and looking after her, at least until after the child is born. After the birth Leentje and the parish priest have found a husband for the servant who will adopt the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-53-454x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-53-454x1024.png 454w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-53-133x300.png 133w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-53-508x1147.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-53.png 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Leentje in conversation with her sister-in-law Sidone <\/strong>(photo: 1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-1024x666.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-1024x666.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-768x499.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-1536x999.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-2048x1331.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-973x633.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4057-508x330.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-1024x667.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-1024x667.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-768x500.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-1536x1000.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-2048x1334.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-973x634.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4056-508x331.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-745x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-745x1024.jpeg 745w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-218x300.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-768x1055.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-1118x1536.jpeg 1118w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-1491x2048.jpeg 1491w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-973x1337.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038-508x698.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4038.jpeg 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-100 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cThis is the alarm clock of my godmother Leentje.\u201d &#8211; Pieter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-101 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Il faut donner du temps au temps.&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; Miguel de Cervant\u00e8s <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VII  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/vii-jos-and-sidone-van-kerckhoven-verlinden\/\">Brother Jos<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt; V Arthur and Tinneke Paul, Godfried\u2019s eldest brother Paul Van Kerckhoven (1922-2011) Arthur, Paul, Jos, Tineke L to R: Arthur, Clara, Paul, Margaretha Paul and Frie Arthur&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-father"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}